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January 9
January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 356 days remaining (357 in leap years).
Events
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1431 - Trial of Joan of Arc began in Rouen, the seat of the English occupation government.
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1760 - Afghans defeat Marathas in Battle of Barari Ghat .
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1768 - Philip Astley stages the first modern circus (London).
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1788 - Connecticut becomes the fifth state to join the United States.
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1793 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States.
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1806 - Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.
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1839 - The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
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1857 - Fort Tejon earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 7.9
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1861 - Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union, preceding the American Civil War.
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1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Fort Hindman
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1878 - Humbert I becomes King of Italy.
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1882 - Oscar Wilde gives his first lecture on "The English Renaissance of Art" in New York.
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1894 - New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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1903 - Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the famous poet Alfred Tennyson, became the second Governor-General of Australia
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1905 - According to the Julian Calendar which was used at the time, Russian workers stage a march on the Winter Palace that ends in the massacre by Czarist troops known as Bloody Sunday, setting off the Russian Revolution of 1905.
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1912 - Marines invade Honduras.
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1916 - The Ottoman Empire prevailed in the Battle of Çanakkale, as the last British troops evacuated.
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1917 - Battle of Rafa
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1923 - Juan de la Cierva makes first autogiro flight.
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1929 - The Seeing Eye is established with the mission to train dogs to assist the blind (Nashville, Tennessee).
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1937 - The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States.
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1945 - The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.
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1951 - United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City.
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1956 - First "Dear Abby" column appears in newspapers.
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1960 - Construction of the Aswan Dam begins in Egypt.
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1964 - Several Panamanian youths put up the Panamanian flag, and are fired on from the Canal Zone, setting off four days of anti-imperialist insurrection around the country.
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1972 - RMS Queen Elizabeth is destroyed by fire (Hong Kong harbor ).
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1977 - Super Bowl XI: Oakland Raiders defeat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14.
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1984 - Clara Peller is featured in the "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's Restaurants for the first time.
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1986 - After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak leaves the instant camera business.
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1989 - The Sega Genesis is released in New York, New York and Los Angeles, California.
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1991 - The Soviets storm Vilnius to stop Lithuanian independence.
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1995 - Valeri Poliakov completes 366 days in space while aboard the Mir space station, breaking a duration record.
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1996 - Sun Microsystems announced the formation of JavaSoft .
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1997 - A Comair Embraer 120 crashes during approach into Detroit Metro. Airport killing 29.
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2002 - The United States Department of Justice announces it is going to pursue a criminal investigation of Enron.
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2005 - Elections scheduled to replace Yasser Arafat.
Births
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1554 - Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
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1574 - Christoph Buel , composer
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1589 - Ivan Gundulic, Croatian poet (d. 1638)
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1620 - Johann Weichmann , composer
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1685 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist (d. 1766)
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1695 - John E Loovens , lawyer
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1699 - Robert J Pothier , French lawyer
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1728 - Thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (d. 1790)
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1748 - Stefan Paluselli , composer
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1790 - Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet
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1811 - Gilbert Abbott a Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)
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1815 - William Jackson, composer
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1820 - Pavel Krizkovsky , composer
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1829 - Thomas William Robertson, English playwright (d. 1871)
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1829 - Adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer
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1839 - John Knowles Paine , composer
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1843 - Christiaan A Ulder , composer
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1851 - Giuseppi Gallignani , composer
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1851 - Luis Coloma , Spanish Jesuit writer, theologian
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1854 - Jennie Jerome, American society beauty (d. 1921)
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1856 - Anton Aškerc , Slovenian priest, poet (d. 1912)
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1856 - Lizette Woodworth Reese , poet
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1856 - Stevan Mokranjac , composer
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1857 - Henry B. Fuller , writer
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1859 - Carrie Lane Chapman Catt , women's rights leader, founder of the League of Women Voters
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1859 - Frederik Pijper , Dutch vicar, church historian
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1864 - Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician (d. 1926)
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1866 - Albert Baertsoen , Flemish painter, etcher
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1867 - Jacques Urlus , Dutch opera singer
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1868 - S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)
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1870 - Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer, builder of the Golden Gate Bridge (d. 1938)
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1873 - Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian Jewish poet, translator (d. 1934)
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1875 - Gertrude Whitney, American sculptor (d. 1942)
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1876 - Hans Bethge , writer
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1879 - John Broadus Watson, American behaviorist psychologist (d. 1958)
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1881 - Lascelles Abercrombie, British poet, critic (d. 1938)
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1881 - Giovanni Papini , Italian, writer
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1890 - Karel Čapek, Czech writer (d. 1938)
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1890 - Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist, writer, satirist, social critic, (d. 1935)
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1891 - August Gailit , Estonian, writer
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1892 - Eva Bowring, American politician (d. 1985)
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1894 - Henryk Stazewski , Polish abstract painter, graphic artist
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1897 - Luis Gianneo , composer
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1897 - Karl Löwith, German philosopher, (d. 1973)
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1898 - Gracie Fields, English music hall/vaudeville performer, (d. 1979)
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1898 - Vilma Banky, Hungarian actress
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1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin, composer
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1900 - Joseph Frederick Wagner , composer
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1901 - Chic Young, cartoonist (d. 1973)
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1902 - Rudolph Bing, opera manager (d. 1997)
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1902 - Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish religious author (d. 1975)
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1904 - George Balanchine, Russian dancer, choreographer, ballet producer (d. 1983) (O.S.)
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1908 - Simone de Beauvoir, French author (d. 1986)
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1911 - Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling , professor of occupational health
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1911 - Stafford William Somerfield , British newspaper editor
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1912 - Ralph Tubbs, British architect
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1913 - Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)
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1913 - Lavad 'Dr Hepcat' Durst , musician
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1913 - Peter John Norton , diplomat, artist
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1914 - Kenny (Klook) Clarke, jazz drummer, composer
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1914?- Gypsy Rose Lee, American burlesque actress (d. 1970)
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1915 - Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (d. 1982)
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1915 - Les Paul, American guitarist, inventor
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1916 - Vic Mizzy, American orchestra leader
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1917 - Herbert Lom, Czech actor
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1920 - Clive Dunn, British actor
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1921 - Seymour Barab , composer
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1922 - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (d. 1984)
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1922 - Har Gobind Khorana, Indian biochemist
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1924 - Julián B Coco , guitarist, bassist
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1925 - Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989)
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1925 - Abdelhamid Benhadugah , novelist
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1928 - Judith Krantz, American author
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1928 - Domenico Modugno, Italian singer/songwriter
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1929 - Heiner Muller, German dramatist (d. 1995)
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1929 - Dorothea Puente, American serial killer
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1931 - Algis Budrys, American science fiction author
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1931 - Geoffrey Wragg , British reorganizer
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1932 - Robert P. Casey, American politician (d. 2000)
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1933 - Sonia Garmers , author
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1934 - Bart Starr, American football star
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1935 - Bob Denver, American actor
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1935 - Dick Enberg, American sportscaster
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1935 - Kenneth 'Buddy' Scott , blues guitarist, singer
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1936 - Peter Fletcher , music teacher
- 1936 - Anne Rivers Siddons, writer
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1937 - K Schlesinger , writer
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1938 - Aad Kosto , theologian, actor, assistant Secretary of Justice of the Netherlands
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1940 - Jimmy Boyd, American actor, singer
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1940 - Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993)
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1940 - Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss politician
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1941 - Joan Baez, American folk music singer, activist
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1941 - Susannah York, British actress
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1942 - K Callan, American actress
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1943 - Dick Yount , rock musician
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1943 - Kenneth Kelley , American singer
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1943 - Rob Hoeke , pianist, singer
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1944 - Scott Engel , singer
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1944 - Jimmy Page, English rock musician, guitarist (Led Zeppelin)
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1945 - Frank J. Biondi Jr. , president of HBO
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1945 - Harun Farocki , actor, director
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1946 - Leo Gullotta , actor
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1948 - Paul King, musician (Blue Öyster Cult)
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1950 - David Johansen American singer
- 1950 - Rio Reiser, German singer (d. 1996)
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1951 - Crystal Gayle, American country music singer
- 1951 - Rosalyn Kind , singer
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1952 - Hugh Bayley, British politician
- 1952 - Eveline L Herfkens , Dutch MP (PvdA)
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1954 - Lance Hoppens , musician
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1955 - J. K. Simmons, American actor
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1956 - Kimberly Beck, American actress
- 1956 - David Smith, cricket player
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1958 - Mehmet Ali Agca, Turkish militant, attempted assassin of Pope John Paul II
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1959 - Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan writer
- 1959 - Cristi Minculescu, Romanian musician
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1963 - Michael Everson, American expert in writing systems and Unicode
- 1963 - Eric Erlandson, American musician (Hole)
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1965 - Carin Garbarra , football player
- 1965 - Cindy Brooks , rower
- 1965 - Joely Richardson, English actress
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1967 - Dave Matthews, South African singer, musician
- 1967 - Steve Harwell , American musician (Smash Mouth)
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1968 - Jimmy Adams, West Indian cricket player
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1970 - Andrew Leipus, Australian physiotherapist
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1974 - Craig Wishart , cricketer
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1978 - Chad Johnson, American football player
- 1978 - AJ McLean, singer ("Backstreet Boys")
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1980 - Sergio García, Spanish golfer
Deaths
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1283 - Wen Tianxiang, Chinese patriot, executed in Beijing (b. 1236)
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1499 - Johann Cicero, elector of Brandenburg
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1514 - Anna, Duchess of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France (b. 1477)
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1562 - Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1514)
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1571 - Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French naval officer (b. 1510)
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1677 - Aernout van der Neer, Dutch cartoonist, landscape painter (b. 1603)
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1679 - Werner Fabricius , composer
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1766 - Thomas Birch, British historian (b. 1705)
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1798 - Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea , Spanish officer
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1799 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian scientist (b. 1718)
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1800 - Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)
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1828 - Pieter Hoen , Dutch journalist, patriot
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1848 - Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750)
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1849 - Jan Kops , agriculturist, vicar
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1853 - Juan N Gallego , Spanish poet, interpreter
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1854 - Filippo Traetta , composer
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1858 - Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798)
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1863 - Ferdinand Huber , composer
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1873 - Emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808)
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1876 - Samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801)
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1878 - King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
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1879 - Don Joaquin BF Espartero , Field Marshal, viceroy of Navarre
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1886 - Jakob Eduard Schmolzer , composer
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1893 - Mohara , slave trader deluxe
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1895 - Aaron Lufkin Dennison father of the American System of Watch Manufacturing
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1901 - Richard Copley Christie, English scholar (b. 1830)
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1902 - Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns , lawyer, Interior Minister of Belgium
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1904 - Alfred Richard , cricketer
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1908 - Abraham Goldfaden, Yiddish stage performer
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1908 - Wilhelm Busch, German painter (b. 1832)
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1911 - Edwin Arthur Jones , composer
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1918 - Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844)
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1923 - Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand writer (b. 1888)
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1927 - Houston S Chamberlain , race theorist
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1930 - Edward W Buck , editor (Ladies Home Journal)
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1931 - Claude Anet , French writer
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1936 - John Gilbert, American actor (b. 1899)
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1939 - Johann Strauss III, Austrian conductor
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1941 - Ko Boezeman , Dutch resistance fighter
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1943 - Robin G. Collingwood , English philosopher
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1946 - Countee Cullen, American poet
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1947 - Karl Mannheim, German sociologist (b. 1893)
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1947 - Lambertus Zijl , sculptor
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1949 - Amilcare Zanella , composer
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1953 - Hans Aanrud , Norwegian author (Storken)
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1957 - Mary Carr Moore , composer
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1958 - Paul Fechter , German writer, historian
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1959 - Paul Malengreau , composer
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1961 - Emily Green Balch , American author, Nobel laureate
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1962 - LeRoy B Shield , pianist, composer
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1966 - Haro Levoni Step'anyan , composer
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1968 - Louis-François-Marie Aubert , composer
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1969 - Ladislav Vycpalek , composer
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1971 - Elmer Flick, American baseball player (b. 1876)
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1972 - Ted Shawn, American dancer (b. 1891)
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1975 - John Slater , actor
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1975 - Pierre Fresnay, actor
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1977 - Alexey Kozlovsky , composer
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1978 - Eddie Gilbert , cricketer
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1979 - Avery Claflin , composer
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1979 - Sara Carter, American singer, guitarist (b. 1898)
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1981 - Kazimierz Serocki, composer
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1984 - Wolfgang Staudte, German director (b. 1906)
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1985 - Don Brennan , cricketer
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1985 - Robert Mayer, British businessman, philantropist (b. 1879)
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1987 - Marion Hutton, American singer
- 1987 - Arthur Lake (actor), American actor
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1992 - Steve Brodie , actor
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1992 - William JF Naughton , playwright
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1993 - Svetoslav Roerich, Russian painter (b. 1904)
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1994 - Silas Hogan , blues singer, guitarist,
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1994 - Johnny Temple, American Major League Baseball second baseman (b. 1927)
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1995 - Peter Cook, British actor. satirist, writer, comedian (b. 1937)
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1995 - Souphanouvong, President of Laos (b. 1909)
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1996 - Mary Nadia Wadia , actress
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1996 - Kurt Schmucker , Minister of Economy of Germany
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1996 - Michael Lynn Synar , politician
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1997 - Edward Osobka-Morawski, Prime Minister of Poland
- 1997 - Jesse White , actor
- 1997 - Junaidu ibn Buhari , scholar
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1998 - Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist (1918)
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2000 - Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)
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2003 - Wilfried Hasselmann , German politician
- 2003 - Will McDonough, sports journalist
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2005 - Fritz Aigner , Austrian painter
- 2005 - Gonzalo Gavira, sound effects creator
- 2005 - Bernard Goodall , businessman and former Reading F.C. footballer
- 2005 - Koji Hashimoto, Japanese film director (b. 1936
Holidays and observances
External links
January 8 - January 10 - December 9 - February 9 -- listing of all days
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